Not-so-Wonder Woman
Two hours and twenty minutes of unbearable plot lines put Wonder Woman right up there on the list of recent superhero duds. It makes you wonder why you just wasted your time and money at the theater.
Wonder Woman, the Amazon princess (played by Gal Gadot), is lost at times during the film because of confusing story lines that emerge from the World War I fighting between the English and Germans.
Diana Prince (Wonder Woman) grows up on an all-female paradise on the island of Themyscira, and trains throughout her childhood to eventually fight Ares, the Greek god of war.
As more happens in the movie, it’s very clear that this could be a film about World War I. The story line of a British spy being able to take down Germans who are coming up with a deadly gas to kill the world is compelling enough. Wonder Woman doesn’t really do much except use some superpowers to get herself and a team she meets out of some sticky situations, like using her amazing jumping abilities to stop a sniper who is atop a tower.
There is an absurd amount of time spent on the island documenting Diana’s training time until one day, a plane flown by a British spy named Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes into the water near the shore of the island.
It’s up to Wonder Woman to go out and save him, which she does. But seconds later there are German soldiers shooting at Steve and Diana; eventually, all of the island’s warriors get involved. Fiery bows are being shot by the female warriors against gunshots from an angry German army.
This is the first battle where we really get to see Wonder Woman in action. She flashes her amazing athleticism and super strength. You start to get the sense that nothing can possibly stop her, making it a boring experience until some real action scenes start up.
Things just start to get more and more unrealistic from there as Diana travels to Europe with Steve, and before we know it Wonder Woman is now invincible in the battlefields of Europe as well. She’s taking bullets left and right, not facing a challenge until she is met by Ares. Knowing an eventual battle against Ares is to come is the only thing that gives the viewer some motivation to keep watching.
Wonder Woman’s superhero abilities are what keep Steve and his team alive many times, taking away from what World War I was really all about. Now, a superhero is involved who virtually can’t be killed and all of a sudden this isn’t a man versus man war anymore.
And as expected, a love story beings to evolve between Diana and Steve, a corny relationship that’s forced because Diana knows nothing about the human race, asking what a watch is to Steve and not understanding the concept of time. She even says, “Only love can truly save the world.”
So don’t waste your time on this dragged-out movie: It will leave you wondering how much you could’ve accomplished by doing something else with your time.
Diana Prince (Wonder Woman) grows up on an all-female paradise on the island of Themyscira, and trains throughout her childhood to eventually fight Ares, the Greek god of war.
As more happens in the movie, it’s very clear that this could be a film about World War I. The story line of a British spy being able to take down Germans who are coming up with a deadly gas to kill the world is compelling enough. Wonder Woman doesn’t really do much except use some superpowers to get herself and a team she meets out of some sticky situations, like using her amazing jumping abilities to stop a sniper who is atop a tower.
There is an absurd amount of time spent on the island documenting Diana’s training time until one day, a plane flown by a British spy named Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes into the water near the shore of the island.
It’s up to Wonder Woman to go out and save him, which she does. But seconds later there are German soldiers shooting at Steve and Diana; eventually, all of the island’s warriors get involved. Fiery bows are being shot by the female warriors against gunshots from an angry German army.
This is the first battle where we really get to see Wonder Woman in action. She flashes her amazing athleticism and super strength. You start to get the sense that nothing can possibly stop her, making it a boring experience until some real action scenes start up.
Things just start to get more and more unrealistic from there as Diana travels to Europe with Steve, and before we know it Wonder Woman is now invincible in the battlefields of Europe as well. She’s taking bullets left and right, not facing a challenge until she is met by Ares. Knowing an eventual battle against Ares is to come is the only thing that gives the viewer some motivation to keep watching.
Wonder Woman’s superhero abilities are what keep Steve and his team alive many times, taking away from what World War I was really all about. Now, a superhero is involved who virtually can’t be killed and all of a sudden this isn’t a man versus man war anymore.
And as expected, a love story beings to evolve between Diana and Steve, a corny relationship that’s forced because Diana knows nothing about the human race, asking what a watch is to Steve and not understanding the concept of time. She even says, “Only love can truly save the world.”
So don’t waste your time on this dragged-out movie: It will leave you wondering how much you could’ve accomplished by doing something else with your time.
